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{{Short description|American jazz guitarist}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name = Adam Levy
| image = Adam Levy.jpg
| caption = Guitarist Adam Levy
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|11|27}}
| birth_place = [[Encino, California|Encino]], California, U.S.
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[pop music|pop]], [[rock and roll|rock]]
| occupation = Musician, singer, songwriter
| instrument = Guitar, vocals
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = Lost Wax
| associated_acts = [[Norah Jones]], [[Amos Lee]], [[Tracy Chapman]]
| website = {{URL|www.adamlevy.com}}
}}
}}


'''Adam Levy''' is a jazz guitarist who was a member of Norah Jones's band.
{{For|the actor|Adam_Levy_(actor)}}


==Career==
{{Infobox musical artist
Levy was born in [[Encino, California|Encino]], California. Two of his uncles and one cousin played guitar, and his mother briefly took lessons. His grandfather, [[George Wyle]], worked for ''[[The Andy Williams Show]]'' and ''[[The Flip Wilson Show]]'' on television as music director. As a teenager, Levy was a member of a local big band. After he graduated from high school, he studied at the [[Dick Grove]] School of Music, where his teachers included [[Ted Greene]], Adam Levine and [[Jimmy Wyble]].<ref name="Yanow">{{cite book|last1=Yanow|first1=Scott|title=The Great Jazz Guitarists |date = 2013 | publisher = Backbeat | location =San Francisco|isbn=978-1-61713-023-6|page=120}}</ref>
| name = Adam Levy
| image = Adam Levy.jpg
| caption = Guitarist Adam Levy
| image_size =
| background = solo_singer
| birth_name =
| birth_date = November 27, 1966
|birth_place =[[Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| death_date =
| origin =
| occupation = [[Musician]], [[guitarist]], [[singer-songwriter]]
| instrument = [[Guitar]], [[singing]]
| genre = [[Jazz]], [[blues]], [[pop music|pop]], [[soul music|soul]], [[folk music|folk]], [[country music|country]]
| years_active = 1990–present
| label = [[Lost Wax Records]]
| associated_acts = [[And The Professors]], [[Adam Levy & the Mint Imperials]], [[Norah Jones]], [[Amos Lee]], [[Tracy Chapman]]
| website = [http://www.adamlevy.com/ www.adamlevy.com]
}}


He moved to San Francisco in 1990 and worked as a [[studio musician]], appearing on a [[Tracy Chapman]] album in the mid 1990s. At the end of the decade, he was a member of the group Killer Joey with drummer [[Joey Baron]], guitarist [[Steve Cardenas]], and bassist [[Tony Scherr]]. Levy then moved to New York City, where he met [[Norah Jones]] and was a member of her band at the beginning of her career through her bestselling albums and world tours. He has also played with [[Rosanne Cash]], [[Chris Difford]], [[Amos Lee]], and [[Lisa Loeb]]. He leads a trio called the Mint Imperials. He plays in a duo with session guitarist Rich Hinman. <ref name="Yanow" />
'''Adam Levy''' is an accomplished [[jazz guitar]]ist, singer-songwriter, studio musician, and a writer for [[Universal Music Publishing Group]]. Levy has recorded with [[Norah Jones]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ventsmagazine.com/portuguese-subtitles-by-adam-levy/|title=Portuguese Subtitles by Adam Levy|publisher=Vents Magazine}}</ref> (and was a touring member of her Handsome Band from 2002 through 2007), [[Tracy Chapman]], [[Ani Di Franco]], [[Manuel Galbán]], [[Sex Mob]], [[Amos Lee]], and other esteemed artists, and has released several solo albums as well. ''[https://adamlevy.bandcamp.com/album/town-country Town & Country]'' is his latest studio album.


Since 2015, Levy has been the Chair of the Guitar Performance department at [[Los Angeles College of Music]].<ref name="faculty">{{cite web|title=Guitar Faculty Bios – LACM|url=http://www.lacm.edu/guitar-faculty-bios/|website=www.lacm.edu|accessdate=19 August 2017}}</ref>
Levy is also a freelance journalist. His work has appeared in ''[[Acoustic Guitar (magazine)|Acoustic Guitar]]'', ''[[Guitar Player Magazine|Guitar Player]]'', and other publications.


==Discography (as leader or co-leader)==
==Discography==
===As leader===
* ''With My Guitar and You'' (2001) - Adam Levy & [[George Wyle]] (Levy's grandfather)
* ''Live at Avalaon & the Graves'' (Evander Music, 2000)
* ''Buttermilk Channel'' (2001)
* ''Buttermilk Channel'' (Lost Wax Music, 2001)
* ''Get Your Glow On'' (2003)
* ''Get Your Glow On'' (Lost Wax, 2003)
* ''Loose Rhymes—Live on Ludlow Street'' (2006)
* ''Washing Day'' (2007)
* ''Loose Rhymes'' (Lost Wax, 2006)
* ''Nice Place to Visit'' (2008)
* ''Washing Day'' (Lost Wax, 2007)
* ''Humdinger'' (2008)
* ''The Heart Collector'' (Lost Wax, 2011)
* ''Got My Joy'' single (2010) - Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials
* ''The Heart Collector'' (2011)
* ''Live from Sun Studios'' (2012) - Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials
* ''Portuguese Subtitles'' (2012) - Adam Levy & The Mint Imperials
* ''Little March'' (2013) - Shelley Segal & Adam Levy
* ''Mad Flux'' (2013) - João Erbetta & Adam Levy
* ''Town & Country'' (2014)
* ''Worry Later'' (2014) - Ben Goldberg, Adam Levy, Smith Dobson
* ''Other Desert Cities'' EP (2015)


==Discography (as sideman or session musician)==
===As sideman===
'''With [[Norah Jones]]'''
* ''New Beginning'' (1995) - [[Tracy Chapman]]
* ''Din of Inequity'' (1998) - [[Sex Mob]]
* ''[[Come Away with Me]]'' (Blue Note, 2002)
* ''[[Feels Like Home (Norah Jones album)|Feels Like Home]]'' (Blue Note, 2004)
* ''Debutantes & Centipedes'' (1999) - [[Trevor Dunn]]
* ''[[Not Too Late (album)|Not Too Late]]'' (Blue Note, 2006)
* ''Come Away with Me'' (2002) - [[Norah Jones]]
* ''Rabbi's Lover'' (2002) - [[Jenny Scheinman]]
* ''Feels Like Home'' (2004) - [[Norah Jones]]
* ''Not Too Late'' (2007) - [[Norah Jones]]
* ''Haran'' (2007) - [[Norah Jones]]
* ''Tiny Resistors'' (2008) - [[Todd Sickafoose]]
* ''Flutter & Wow'' (2009) - [[Charlie Wood]]
* ''Cold Wind'' (2011) - Daniel Goodman
* ''Which Side Are You On?'' (2012) - [[Ani DiFranco]]
* ''Young Man in America'' (2012) - [[Anaïs Mitchell]]
* ''Blue Cha Cha'' (2012) - [[Manuel Galbán]]
* ''Love We Are We Love'' (2014) - The Sea The Sea


'''With others'''
==Musical Instruction==
* [[Noel Akchote]], ''Gesualdo: Madrigals for Five Guitars'' (Blue Chopsticks, 2014)
* "Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading", Alfred Music (1997), paperback
* [[Nels Andrews]], ''Off Track Betting'' (Ignatius, 2007)
* "Play the Right Stuff - Creating Great Guitar Parts", Alfred Music (2006), DVD & online course
* [[Rosanne Cash]], ''She Remembers Everything'' (Blue Note, 2018)
* "50 Low Down Rhythms You Must Know", Truefire, (2013), DVD & online course
* [[Tracy Chapman]], ''New Beginning'' (Elektra 1995)
* "Rhythm Makeover with Adam Levy", Truefire, (2014), DVD & online course
* [[Billie Davies]], ''12 Volt '' (Cobra Basement, 2013)
* "Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing - Introduction", Truefire, (2015), DVD & online course
* [[Trevor Dunn]], ''Debutantes & Centipedes'' (Buzz 1998)
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/adamlevyguitartips Guitar Tips]'' YouTube series
* [[Ana Egge]], ''Road to My Love'' (Grace/Parkinsong, 2009)
* Since 2015, Levy has been the Chair of the Guitar Performance department at [[Los Angeles College ofMusic]]
* [[Gordian Knot (band)|Gordian Knot]], ''Gordian Knot'' (Avalon, 1998)
* [[Amos Lee]], ''Amos Lee'' (Blue Note, 2005)
* [[Lisa Loeb]], ''A Simple Trick to Happiness'' (Furious Rose, 2020)
* [[Mike Love]], ''Reason for the Season'' (BMG, 2018)
* [[Sean Malone]], ''Cortlandt'' (Free Electric Sound 2007)
* [[Anais Mitchell]], ''Young Man in America'' (Wilderland, 2012)
* [[Meshell Ndegeocello]], ''Ventriloquism'' (Naive, 2018)
* [[The O'Jays]], ''The Last Word'' (S-Curve 2019)
* [[Mel Parsons]], ''Glass Heart'' (Cape Road 2018)
* [[Amber Rubarth]], ''A Common Case of Disappearing'' (Newsong, 2011)
* [[Jenny Scheinman]], ''The Rabbi's Lover'' (Tzadik, 2002)
* [[Sex Mob]], ''Din of Inequity'' (Columbia/Knitting Factory, 1998)
* [[Todd Sickafoose]], ''Tiny Resistors'' (Cryptogramophone, 2008)
* [[Svoy]], [[Automatons_(album)|''Automatons'']] (P-Vine, 2009)
* [[Son of the Velvet Rat]], ''Dorado'' (Fluff and Gravy, 2017)
* [[Leni Stern]], ''Finally the Rain Has Come'' (Metalimbo, 2003)
* [[Allen Toussaint]], ''American Tunes'' (Nonesuch, 2016)
* [[Noe Venable]], ''The Summer Storm Journals'' (Petridish, 2007)
* [[Vulfpeck]], ''The Beautiful Game'' (P-Vine, 2016)
* [[Rufus Wainwright]], ''Unfollow the Rules'' (BMG, 2020)
* [[Chely Wright]], ''I Am the Rain'' (Painted Red, 2016)


==Bibliography==
* ''Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading'' (Alfred Music, 1997)
* ''Play the Right Stuff – Creating Great Guitar Parts'', (Alfred Music, 2006), DVD & online course
* ''50 Low Down Rhythms You Must Know'', (Truefire, 2013), DVD & online course
* ''Rhythm Makeover with Adam Levy'', (Truefire, 2014), DVD & online course
* ''Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing – Introduction'' (Truefire, 2015), DVD & online course
* ''Guitar Tips'' YouTube series


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://adamlevy.com/ Adam Levy's official website]
* [http://adamlevy.com/ Official website]


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Latest revision as of 04:43, 13 July 2024

For the actor, see Adam Levy (actor).
Adam Levy
Guitarist Adam Levy
Guitarist Adam Levy
Background information
Born (1966-11-27) November 27, 1966 (age 57)
Encino, California, U.S.
GenresJazz, pop, rock
Occupation(s)Musician, singer, songwriter
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals
Years active1990–present
LabelsLost Wax
Websitewww.adamlevy.com

Adam Levy is a jazz guitarist who was a member of Norah Jones's band.

Career

[edit]

Levy was born in Encino, California. Two of his uncles and one cousin played guitar, and his mother briefly took lessons. His grandfather, George Wyle, worked for The Andy Williams Show and The Flip Wilson Show on television as music director. As a teenager, Levy was a member of a local big band. After he graduated from high school, he studied at the Dick Grove School of Music, where his teachers included Ted Greene, Adam Levine and Jimmy Wyble.[1]

He moved to San Francisco in 1990 and worked as a studio musician, appearing on a Tracy Chapman album in the mid 1990s. At the end of the decade, he was a member of the group Killer Joey with drummer Joey Baron, guitarist Steve Cardenas, and bassist Tony Scherr. Levy then moved to New York City, where he met Norah Jones and was a member of her band at the beginning of her career through her bestselling albums and world tours. He has also played with Rosanne Cash, Chris Difford, Amos Lee, and Lisa Loeb. He leads a trio called the Mint Imperials. He plays in a duo with session guitarist Rich Hinman. [1]

Since 2015, Levy has been the Chair of the Guitar Performance department at Los Angeles College of Music.[2]

Discography

[edit]

As leader

[edit]
  • Live at Avalaon & the Graves (Evander Music, 2000)
  • Buttermilk Channel (Lost Wax Music, 2001)
  • Get Your Glow On (Lost Wax, 2003)
  • Loose Rhymes (Lost Wax, 2006)
  • Washing Day (Lost Wax, 2007)
  • The Heart Collector (Lost Wax, 2011)

As sideman

[edit]

With Norah Jones

With others

Bibliography

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  • Jazz Guitar Sight-Reading (Alfred Music, 1997)
  • Play the Right Stuff – Creating Great Guitar Parts, (Alfred Music, 2006), DVD & online course
  • 50 Low Down Rhythms You Must Know, (Truefire, 2013), DVD & online course
  • Rhythm Makeover with Adam Levy, (Truefire, 2014), DVD & online course
  • Essentials: Slow Burn Soloing – Introduction (Truefire, 2015), DVD & online course
  • Guitar Tips YouTube series

References

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  1. ^ a b Yanow, Scott (2013). The Great Jazz Guitarists. San Francisco: Backbeat. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-61713-023-6.
  2. ^ "Guitar Faculty Bios – LACM". www.lacm.edu. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
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